The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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